Chapter 1 When I Opened My Eyes

When I opened my eyes, I found myself still standing in Black Stone Path.

At this moment, a white lantern lit up above the heads of all of us standing against the wall.

That wasn't Wang Xiaohuan's lantern, but a real white lantern for the dead.

Some of those people stood under the wall, covered in cold sweat, while others had already become corpses plastered to the wall.

The reason those corpses hadn't fallen down was because someone had pierced their throats with iron skewers, nailing them alive to the wall. Rows of blood dripped down the iron skewers incessantly. The only sounds in the entire Black Stone Path, besides the sound of blood hitting the ground, were the heavy breaths of the warlocks.

At this moment, a beam of light shone from the front of the Black Stone Path, and the proctor's voice from the examination hall gradually approached: "Congratulations to everyone for passing the first test."

"Living is the greatest reward for you."

"Please follow me to receive the master's second test."

"Living is still the reward for you."

As soon as the man's voice fell, he was already standing in the middle of our group. At least ten warlocks with fierce eyes and murderous intent were staring at his vital points, both in front of and behind him.

However, the man said indifferently: "It's useless even if you kill me. You still have to see the master in the end."

"Killing me, even if you answer the master's question correctly, you will still die!"

"If you don't believe me, you can try."

Shui Linglong transmitted her voice to me: "Follow him. He is not a ghost or god of the Black Stone Path. We'll talk when we see the ghost or god."

I walked out and said: "I'll go with you. Lead the way!"

"A wise choice!" The guide didn't even bother to see if anyone was following, and walked forward with the lantern.

After I followed him for a distance, the guide spoke: "You're following me like this, aren't you afraid I'll lead you to your death?"

"The path that the dead can walk, the living can't walk! Aren't you afraid of stepping into something and falling in?"

Ghosts walk without their feet touching the ground. Whether there is a river, mud, or cliff under their feet, they can walk through it.

If people follow behind without watching their feet, they should just wait to step into the void!

I said dismissively: "Your master won't kill me like this. He hasn't finished what he wants to do, so how can he kill people first?"

"Heh..." The old man chuckled and said: "No wonder the master said: you are the most difficult to deal with. It seems that this is really the case."

"I really don't know if I should congratulate you or sympathize with you."

"Congratulations, because you may be the last person the master chooses to answer the question. You have more time to think."

"I sympathize with you because if you answer wrong, the master will be very disappointed. Your end will be very miserable."

I laughed: "What if someone before me answered correctly?"

"Don't have such wishful thinking." The guide laughed: "So far, no one has been able to answer the master's question correctly."

I retorted: "As far as I know, many years ago, there was a person named Bei Yan Jing Yun who walked through the Black Stone Path. Did he answer your master's question correctly?"

The guide said disdainfully: "He didn't choose to answer the question. He chose to directly sacrifice half of his subordinates."

"He killed them himself!"

"Oh right, he also promised that when his woman entered the Black Stone Path, the master could directly take his woman away."

"Using so many promises in exchange for passing by, the master was too embarrassed to disagree!"

"However, you can't do it. You answered two questions correctly in a row. The master has too high expectations for you. Therefore, he will not agree to you sacrificing to pass. Others can."

While speaking, the guide deliberately turned his head and glanced back.

I didn't need to look to know that the expressions on Zhu Xiaoyu's subordinates' faces wouldn't be pretty!

Zhu Xiaoyu's aunt, Zhu Zining, wasn't someone who hadn't done this kind of thing before. She could kill her own subordinates without any burden at all.

At this moment, Zhu Xiaoyu spoke up: "You said that senior brother answered two questions correctly. However, there was only one question in the examination hall. What about the other question?"

The guide replied: "Weren't you always transmitting your voices along the way?"

"Didn't he tell you to be careful of your back?"

"He said that the last person is a ghost, but that's actually a false proposition. No matter who walks into the Black Stone Path, they have to die one by one from the back."

"Since he has already said it correctly, the master has removed that question."

"It's meaningless to test him again."

"You should think carefully about how to deal with the master!"

While speaking, the guide had already changed direction. There were indeed forks in this Black Stone Path.

The other party led us all the way into a spacious hall before stopping, and respectfully bowed down in front of a three-tiered circular altar: "Master, I have brought the person here."

When I looked up at the altar, a grand master's chair appeared out of nowhere. The middle-aged scholar sitting in the chair slowly got up and walked down the steps step by step, gently chanting:

*When will the spring flowers and autumn moon end?*

*How much do you know about the past?*

*In the small building last night, the east wind blew again.*

*In the moonlit night, I cannot bear to look back at my homeland.*

After the other party finished the last word, he was already standing under the steps.

He looked over at me with a smile on his face.